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Nureyev, a dance of life and death [and] 1977 newsreels compilation

Title
Nureyev, a dance of life and death [and] 1977 newsreels compilation [sound recording]
Publication
1977-1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993.
  • Gosling, Maude, 1908-
  • Dantzig, Rudi van.
  • Pignotti, Luigi, 1945-
  • Jude, Charles, 1953-
  • Canesi, Michel.
  • Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991.
  • Walters, Barbara, 1929-2022.
  • Reynolds, Frank.
  • Cronkite, Walter.
  • British Broadcasting Corporation.
Description
1 sound disc (59 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • Track 1: 48 min. Colleagues and friends remember Rudolf Nureyev's life and career. Topics discussed include his first meeting with Margot Fonteyn and their dancing partnership; his residence at the Royal Ballet; his forays into contemporary modern dance; his considerable performance schedule; his celebrity, fiery personality and need for being the center of attention; the decline of his dancing performance with age; Nureyev as director of the Paris Opera Ballet and his demand to incorporate his choreography into the company repertoire; Nureyev's relationship with protégé Charles Jude; The King and I and his desire to keep performing; his battle with HIV and AIDS; the farewell tour "Nureyev and Friends"; his post-dancing career as conductor and conducting Romeo and Juliet; his production of La Bayadere at Paris Opera in October of 1992 and the public acknowledgement of his illness; the final days before his death.
  • Track 2: 5 min. (continued from Track 1) The finals days before his death.
  • 1977 newsreels (ca. 6 min.), reported in several news broadcasts, Rudolf Nureyev appeals to the United States Commission on European Security and Cooperation in Washington, D.C. to obtain permission for his family to leave Russia to visit him in compliance with the Helsinki agreements.
  • Track 3: 2 min. 30 sec. ABC News May 13, 1977, introduced by Barbara Walters, reported by Frank Reynolds.
  • Track 4: 1 min. CBS News May 13, 1977, reported by Walter Cronkite.
  • Track 5: 1 min. CBS May 13, 1977.
  • Track 6: 30 sec. WPIX TV, May 13, 1977.
  • Track 7: 2 min. May 13, 1977.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
  • Oral History Archive.
Series Statement
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Subjects
Note
  • Tracks 1-2 contain Nureyev--dance of life and death, broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on Jan. 8, 1994.
  • Tracks 3-7 contain 1977 newsreel clips.
  • Nureyev - Dance of Life and Death (ca. 53 min). Produced by Adam Gatehouse; presented by Francine Stock; interviewees: Maude Gosling, Rudi van Dantzig, Luigi Pignotti, Charles Jude, Michel Canesi; Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev also appear in pre-recorded interviews.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2328 RNC
OCLC
NYPY02-R27
Title
Nureyev, a dance of life and death [and] 1977 newsreels compilation [sound recording]
Imprint
1977-1994.
Series
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Local Note
Archive original tracks 1-2: *MGZTCO 3-2328 RNC.
Archive original tracks 3-7: *MGZTO 5-2328 RNC.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2328 RNC.
Accompanying article from The Guardian about the 1994 BBC broadcast of Nureyev--Dance of life and death shelved in *MGZR Nureyev, Rudolf [clippings].
Local Subject
Musical comedies. The king and I.
Audiotapes -- Nureyev, R.
Added Author
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993. Interviewee
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993.
Gosling, Maude, 1908- Interviewee
Dantzig, Rudi van. Interviewee
Pignotti, Luigi, 1945- Interviewee
Jude, Charles, 1953- Interviewee
Canesi, Michel. Interviewee
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991.
Walters, Barbara, 1929-2022.
Reynolds, Frank.
Cronkite, Walter.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2328 RNC
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